Here in Mexico city is a similar situation, sometimes we spend two hours to move from one side to the city to another, and peak hours are hell on earth, plus, we must to board an insecure bus for a second step of our journey. I see the Filipino people are pacient and educated, good for you. I hope your situation get better soon. A huge hug friends.
Historically Mexico and the Philippines are related one way or another. My question is how is the political situation in mexico? Is it the same as what we have in the Philippines were members of the same extended family hold and rotate amongst all the important positions of government?
My commute from Chiba to Tokyo for 1.5 hours / 30km is by far better than you. I believed that commute around Tokyo is the worst in the world. but I found that it's wrong today.
More trains, faster trains, imagine Maglev in Philippines! It would be incredible. It's a pity about Philipines because so much potential to make money yet none of your richest spend any money as investment. For example: No decent ZOO. No decent Marine World No good theme parks (never spend decent money on anything,) What can you do in Manila except maybe do a tour of the garbage tip? Nothing really great to visit not even impressive airport. Just mouldy buildings, traffic congestion, shantys, and stinking Manila Bay. No one seems to care about the Philipines including the government. Even the Indian billionaire built a huge hospital for medical tourism yet Philipines appears to be nothing? Why don't Marcos Family put money into Philipines because potential to make huge money. Medical Tourism could be big money earner for Philipines. Thailand does it. Legalise ABORTION in Philippines. Potential to make billions in abortions alone. You have many nurses. You could bring money into the country. Religion is outdated and no longer relevant. Who believe in deities now? Filipinos never follow the teachings of the bible so why bother practicing what is preached? It's huge waste of time. Not many white Australian are religious pretty much dead now.
In many of the points here, you're preaching to the choir brother! There's so much that can be done if there's only political will. Other countries in asia like S Korea, Thailand and Taiwan used to look up to us in terms of infrastructure but that has fallen to the pits exponentially. We are the only country that does not have Divorce, imagine that
Have you checked out Ocean Park yet? While yes, I do agree that we don't have a pretty zoo. As for amusements, there's a lot of choices but only in NCR. And yes, I do agree with the whole religion thing and medical tourism as well.
Im a Filipino and I always find it funny how people from Manila are so arrogant when going into the provinces, their city is the shittiest on earth dont they know.
Metro manila is overcrowded because all jobs are present their the govt should disseminate the population and jobs to other places to get rid of the problems like this
@@grillay2285 haha..you don't the Philippines. You've only seen one side that you expected as worst. But you've never been to beautiful places in the Philippines and the best tourist destination in the World.
Traffic or not, just buy a small motorbike. Consumes very little gas and cheaper to maintain. That was what I did when I was still working in Manila. However, be sure to wear a helmet, even during short distance commute. Stay safe.
It sure is, I perfectly agree. People spend so much time going to and coming from work that they're barely able to do anything else at home with their family. Thanks for watching, hope you subscribed to see more :)
While many major Asean countries are improving leap and bounds, Manila juz stucked and moved slowly. Even Jakarta now has wayy much better PT thn the whole Manila. Jakarta might not compared to other major city like KL, BKk n SG yet. butt they definitely improving a LOT!! Manila hermm is a different story
my commute into central philadelphia is about the same, 16km and takes me 30minutes one way from the far nw edge of the city. i will never complain about my commute
OMG. As a person who is from a not so big city in Chile, 2 hours for 16 km seems a horrible nightmare, and everyday? No please. The craziest traffic I experienced was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, were I took 3 hours in an Uber to arrive to Liberdade. In my home town it takes me 45 minutes to cross by all the city aproximately haha.
i experienced manila traffic too...no train but even with jeepny or tricycle its soooo annoying...my second visit took 5 hours for 20 km by car. omg...never again...i never heard that much horns in one day like there...learn about discipline n respect...so the traffic will not be that messy anymore...
This is horrendous... you got on the train but how the hell are you getting out? And the train looks like its from world war 2 😳 What happens to MRT 1 and 2? Are they not usable?
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Prague, Czech republic. Its 10km from Haje district where I live (its on the very edge of the city) to Vysehrad district where my office is (its in the broader city center) It takes about 22 minutes door to door as I live close to subway station. 10.5 mio citizens in Prague. I guess we are lucky 😂
Only in the Philippines kaya walang progress saten puro corrupt nasayang ilang oras mo sa kakacommute paguwi mo wla ka ng oras kundi kumaen at matulog nalang
in italy it takes me a bus and a train to go to my school. I leave home at 6.45am and I get to the city at 7.30am, and then I have to do a 10 minutes walk. total distance=25,5km not bad but not the best tho :)
How about on a bike? Or electric or even pedal scooter? Try those n see how they compare....not even bothered to ask how a car trip would take...good to info n maybe do another post covid...
My guy akala ko this is 2022 until I saw the date(pero di pa nagsink in) and wondering why people aren't wearing masks. Wala talaga pinagbago. When you said you're leaving at 6AM I was saying, "oh no you're going to be late".
Jakarta commuter train is way better, no long line like that at all. Jakarta commuter train plus MRT, LRT, airport train and APMS already 476 KM long! I visited Manila last year... I experienced it too, even we have to be in line for 30 minutes or more just to board into jipney or bus ....I never experienced that except in manila. I hope Manila gets better means of transport 😊😊
@@EricMartinezPH mga 4.6k to 5k a month. If you can get one that is walking distance from the building, of course that is best. For me, time is more important than money, actually. I would pay to have more time. With 3 hours a day freed up, I can learn a new skill in a few months that earns me extra income.
From my home to college it takes me nearly an hour by Delhi metro also I'm a speed Walker and barely have to use a auto rickshaw to reach my college gates from the metro station. For 26km.
When I was living in Mumbai, I lived in far suburbs to save money on rent and expenses. Travelled daily in packed EMU local trains for 1hr:15m one way for a distance of 50km. Now I'm in my hometown far away from the hustle and bustle of metro cities. Manila looks fun but damn 16km for 3hrs that's insane.
Looks like the trains are full already from the upstream stations. They could have trains that start accepting passengers at downstream stations and skip certain stations that way downstream stations get a chance to ride.
My husband used to commute by riding two buses (a local and a commuter) from a WA state suburb to work in downtown Seattle (about 20 miles/32 km). It was a 3-hour commute round trip. After seeing this, his pales in comparison. He at least isn't smooshed like sardines and have the luxury of reading or falling asleep in a temp-controlled bus. Can only imagine how much worse the commute home in the evening and when it's raining there. Left the Philippines in 1986 when I was 12 y.o. but I remember distinctly riding those jeeps and the horrible traffic. Thanks for this vid and going through all that hassle to show us. Much obliged.
One of the issue i noticed in some countries is that the politicians think that public transport should make profits if not it's waste of time. No, public transport and public housing should not meant to be make profits rather it is to solve the problems and to served the public citizens. Public transport and housing are usually subsidy in the developed world, the only making profits was airlines and tourism. I visited Manilla and I noticed something, it is a very populated dense city but here's come the problem... More cars than humans while very little comfort commuting option, the train are small and not enough cabin to hold hundred thousand filipino passengers daily. And why build metro station right in the middle of a road it will become difficult to revamp and do upgrading since more cars which means that they have to build wider road led to lesser rapid metro and pedestrian path space. All boil down to poor urban planning infrastructure and system that cause all the problems stated in the video
Que loco 😯 la última vez que visite tu país no viví esa experiencia. Será porque solo use Grab 😂 Muy interesantes tus vídeos. Aquí tienes un nuevo suscriptor;)
Thank God my city(Delhi,India) has one of best metro system in terms of speed, convenience and cleanliness. It is going to be the 3rd largest Metro network in the world in the near future. Can't imagine my life without Delhi Metro.🚉 Hope Manila Metro will also improve. 👍
Thanks for this amazing Vlog to show commuting in Manila. I live in Shanghai, with the same terrible commuting. I just wonder that is it better to ride a motorcycle?
It takes 1.40 hours the moment I step out my house in district of Kajang to another district in Petaling Jaya (metro KL) for a 29km commute. I would drive to the nearest park and ride station+Train (23 stop) + walking. I sometimes just drive all the way which takes 1.20 hours during peak hours. Sure its 20 minutes less commuting., but I find driving more stresfull, besides parking and petrol is expensive. I rarely commute to office though. Sometimes I commute to my project site located at KL Central business district. Average commute time by train is 50 minutes for a 18 km distance. KL train serves well at cbd but full of crap as you travel to the suburb.
I experience the same year as well, just a week later you recorded at aug 28, i tried to go from Boni to Cubao station by MRT, at 5 pm, which is not far. I remember i tried to squeeze myself into the train, my goodness that train drove very slow and it was so humid and warm inside that train that at Ortigas i went out already. I just couldn't stand it any longer. I continued my trip to Cubao by bus which was a big hassle as well but i managed to get there. Crazy what happened with the MRT3 line. I drove it many times before back in 2004 - 2007 when it was not so crowded yet those years..
Omg, is this real? I mean, I worried about women when they take MRT. Is there any crime to women as an object? I hope not. It must be tired tho for a worker. Too long in a trip to office or home. Hope it'll improve asap. Thanks for this information.
Yess it's very real. I'm fortunate enough not to have to go through this everyday but millions of Filipinos do. A total of 5 hour commute time everyday isn't abnormal.
But both of those countries have improved by a lot. In India by Delhi metro i can move 30km under an hour, unlike Manila were it takes 3hours for 16km add on the long queue lines. I will go insane there. India might not be clean but public transport is efficient.
Omg, could not imagine do this every singke day and arriving very stress to the office. I took normally 45 minutes and I think is quite a lot, watching this, I shouldn't thought that any more.
I am Indonesian living in Jakarta and cannot imagine if you have to be in queue just for enter the station, must be stressful as well if it is raining as Indonesia generally has 6 months of raining season 😩. The fully packed people in train is quite the same everywhere else including here during rush hours. I’m spending mostly 1.15 hours commuting from my home to the office (25km) with my motorbike-commuter line train-shuttle bus (mini transjakarta).
Qué horror! Cómo es posible! Eso no pasa en ningún lugar del mundo!!!! Se me quitan las ganas de visitar Las Filipinas! Pobre gente trabajadora! Abrazos
It's pain in the arse indeed to commute via public transport during peak hours. I hope government would act or continue to act without delays to alleviate public's daily commute.
I was lucky to get a job close from home. I can even eat lunch at home. Previously I worked in Jakarta, every morning I commute for one and a half hours for a distance of 26 km.
My house is 15 km to my office, which in central business disctrict in jakarta, it takes me 40 minutes on motorcycle and 1 hours 10 till 20 minutes on car
Aside from building more train lines, the train lines that are there now would move faster and carry more people if people didn't try to force their way into the train cars. So much time is wasted with the train sitting there while this happens. If the trains could get into and out of the stations faster, the frequency of trains could be increased and so would carry more people
Mi vida antes y despues trabajo basicamente en Metro Manila. Pero tengo varias rutas a utilizar cuando volver a mi casa desde Makati pero depende en la situacion (por ejemplo: crowd-control measures en los estaciones de LRT, listas inconsistentes de los trenes de PNR, etcetera). No saco en el MRT porque su ruta en EDSA es muy lejos de mi lugar (y otros razones). LRT y PNR (Ferrocarril nacional filipino) son muy conveniente , pero PNR tiene los estaciones hasta en Malabon (mas cerca para me) y sus billetes son muy barato (20 pesos cada billete por estaciones despues Avenida Blumentritt). El parte dificil es dejar de la oficina antes a la seis. Depende en la situacion del trafico en Makati, camino al estacion de PNR en calle De la Rosa o al estacion de LRT en Avenida Gil Puyat. Si decidio a coger al LRT, necesito a segurar que me listo por la posibilidad de filas largas en estacion de Gil Puyat (porque de policia da crowd control cada rush hour). Si este el caso, cojo el jeepney yendo al norte para ir al estacion con menos pasajeros. Ahí una terminal de los camiones (vans/UV express) por Malabon detrás de Makati Post Office pero la pasaje es muy caro (80-100 pesos cada pasajero en uno viaje). Si la fila no es larga, saco una jeepney cerca de estacion de policia en Makati hasta los calles de Kamagong y Vito Cruz para coger un otro jeepney yendo al Manila para ir al estacion de LRT cerca de DLSU. Ni opcion es facil por yo. Jeje. Normalmente, tengo 2-3 horas para viajar de Makati a mi casa pero si salio de mi casa antes de las cinco de la mañana (en los dias cuando viajo sin el coche de mi papa), mi tiempo es 1.5 horas.
Que travesia amigo! Desde volvi a vivir aqui, mi amigos ya estan deciendo que 2 a 3 horas para llegar ala oficina es muy tipico. Mi novia vive en ortigas extension (solo 12km) de Makati y tomas mas de 2 horas en carro. Debemos reunir algun dia aqui pa contar historias! Estoy en insta tambien como @ericmartinezph
If you have the money, yeah you pretty much better off taking grab, taxi or a private driver..Especially if your are a tourist..I really loved japans subways system..you do get sardined in but dont expect to wait to long for trains..5 minutes at most..and you get your place on a timely matter..Not to mention, its very easy to get to a train stations in tokyo..I will say, filipinos attitude as far as queing on subs is very similar to Japan..so there is at least that..
